Customer Reviews Altra Outroad

i really like these. I used to walk in less beefed up outsoles, but I'm over 65 now and the collagen under my skin has thinned out, so if I wear shoes w/out enough "stack" my heels and midfoot start to ache. I like the hybrid idea, since i do a lot of walking but not only on asphalt; sometimes on dirty and walking in forests and national parks. I need the Slim Fit shoe last/cut because my feet are mediium toward the narrower side, and they are "low volume" so not real fleshy to take up room in a shoe. I just like a wide toebox, and these are still wider than every off-the shelf shoe out there. I also love the zero drop......I have herniated discs and bad knees and they don't hurt at all anymore with zero drop shoes. As for sizing, for me these ran about 1/2 size small, which is what it says on the website here, too. These won't win any fashion contests but i don't care about that. The outsoles are very springy and forgiving.

I wear these for working out at home, but love how much support and comfort they have.

Awesome yellow color. Helps toes spread out with good support at center of foot. Different support than my other altra shoes but I like them alot

The shoe fit good I go a half size up in this brand! Comfortable and sturdy!

This pair was one size too large.

I love the wide toe box and the color was fab!

This review is for the Altra Outroad in the Brown w/Green outsoles only. For context, I am normally a size 9 in street shoes, 9.5 in athletic and most all Altra models, but I needed a size 10 in these as they do tend to run a bit short in length for many people. (and you will see under the photos of the colors, and before the sizes, that Zappos did their due dilligence by mentioning in writing "Fits a 1/2 size up for most. Your usual size may feel tight." Yes, these are built on the slimmer shoe last that Altra offers. (they have original, standard, and slim). However, compared to any other brand, the toebox and last, in the slim model, the toebox is STILL way way wider than most every off-the-shelf shoe out there. While I have a somewhat medium width my feel DO tend toward the slimmer side, esp. in the area around the arch/midfoot, and I have what are called "low volume feet", which means that they are not fieshy on top (instep) or anywhere else, so the slim model is the PERFECT shoe last for me. I just needed a shoe for walking 5 miles a day on different surfaces, one that would hug my slimmer low volume foot, yet provide a lot of toebox room for a developing Morton's Neuroma that I got from wearing another (very high end) brand. For those who think Altra is making their toeboxes narrower, please unstand that not all of us have wide feet throughout our entire foot, and some of us have low volume feet, narrower feet, and narrower heels and we really do not NEED nor can we use shoes that are "wide throughout". These are perfect for me, as was the Altra Rivera, also cut on the slim last......but both shoes have plenty of toe box room (next to many other shoes it's real obvious). Right by my arch on both sides, my midfoot is quite slim and I would always get "bagging/looseness" which means no support in many other shoes. For instance, even in a Birkenstock, I take the "narrow/foot filled in" size. Please see my review on the black pair.....for whatever reason, compared to the other colors, this one was about 1/16th" to 1/8" shorter on me than every other color, so I had to send them back. I kept the brown/green colorway because it simply fit me the best! Note: if you have feet similar to mine, I would caution you against the "original footbed" as in the Altra Lone Peak.....they were wrinkling both horizontally and vertically on my foot, they are GREAT for people with wider feet throughout. I try to make my reviews as useful as possible to people with my type of feet.

This is the narrowest Altra I’ve worn, which is great for my relatively narrow feet. Definitely runs very small; I have always been a 7.5 but sized up to an 8 based on other reviews. They are snug, and I probably could have gotten away with an 8.5. Very comfortable and supportive.